Carolyn Davis Collection of Louisa May Alcott
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Abstract
Title:
Carolyn Davis Collection of Louisa May Alcott
Author/Creator:
Davis, Carolyn, Collection of Louisa May Alcott
Collection number:
NA
Size:
301 books and 10 folders
Bulk dates:
1863-1998
Inclusive dates:
1863-1998
Collection Area:
Literature and Rare Books
Repository:
Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries, Hornbake Library, College Park, MD 20742. Tel: 301-405-9212, Fax: 301-314-2709, Email: askhornbake@umd.edu
Abstract:
The Carolyn Davis Collection consists of more than 300 books by and about Louisa May Alcott. This collection has representative examples of almost all of Alcott's most popular works as well as a number of her lesser-known writings. Among these titles are her first book Flower Fables (1854), early to modern printings of Little Women, and a number of other works such as Little Men, Jo's Boys, and Under the Lilacs. The collection also encompasses some biographies of Alcott, books about Concord, Massachusetts, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and ephemera
Important Information for Users of the Collection
Restrictions:
This collection is open for research.
Preferred citation:
Carolyn Davis Collection of Louisa May Alcott, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.
Publication rights:
Photocopies of original materials may be provided for a fee and at the discretion of the curator. Please see our Duplication of Materials policy for more information. Queries regarding publication rights and copyright status of materials within this collection should be directed to the appropriate curator.
Status:
This collection is PROCESSED.
Historical Note
Carolyn Davis is the generous donor of more than 300 items by and about Louisa May Alcott to the Marylandia and Rare Books Department of the University of Maryland Libraries. Mrs. Davis' lifelong love of books and libraries moved her to donate her collection so others could share her appreciation of the works of Louisa May Alcott.
Mrs. Davis was born in Keene, New Hampshire. As a child she was nicknamed "Jo" and aspired to write children's books much as Jo did in Little Women.
After graduating from Keene Teachers College, Ms. Davis taught for two years in Alstead, New Hampshire. She married Richard F. Davis and moved to Ithaca, New York where she worked in one of the Cornell University Libraries. Her husband accepted a position in the Dairy Science Department at the University of Maryland in 1954. The Davis family was an active participant in the campus community, attending athletic events, theatrical productions and Agriculture Days. Mrs. Davis also attended classes at the University of Maryland, completing her certification for school librarianship. She subsequently obtained a job at the High Point High School Library in Beltsville, Maryland where she worked for sixteen years.
Mrs. Davis began collecting Louis May Alcott books in the early 1980s after finding a first edition at a town fair in New Hampshire. In the ensuing years she continued to acquire books, visiting bookshops all over the east coast in her quest for the works of Alcott and her family. When Mrs. Davis decided to move to California in 1999, she found a new home for her collection in the University's Rare Books Collection where the books are available for others to enjoy the writings of Louisa May Alcott.
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is widely known as author of Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy and until the late twentieth century her literary reputation largely rested on this work. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, to the transcendental philosopher Amos Bronson Alcott and Abigail May, Louisa grew up in Concord, Massachusetts with her three sisters. The family often experienced severe poverty and Louisa's income became pivotal to the family survival. She worked as a nurse, seamstress and domestic servant until the publication of her first book Flower Fables in 1855 which netted the author thirty-two dollars. With the publication of Little Women in 1868 Alcott achieved critical and financial success. The characters of the novel were drawn from those of Alcott's sisters, and many of its episodes from those she and her family had experienced. Alcott's masterpiece was followed by a succession of wholesome domestic narratives, the so-called Little Women series.
Since Alcott's death her reputation has been reappraised as a result of the discovery of a large number of sensational "pot-boilers," written in secret and published anonymously or under the pseudonym A. M. Barnard. These tales, written prior to the publication of Little Women , earned her between $25 and $100 each from periodical story papers. Beginning in 1975, republication of Alcott's sensation stories spurred interest in her long out-of-print adult novels. The discovery of these stories has led to a recognition of Alcott as a far more complex and prolific writer than was originally thought. As readers become more familiar with her sensation stories, and as Little Women and its offshoots are reread, it is becoming possible to see Alcott as a complex writer deeply engaged with the issue of being a woman in nineteenth-century America. No longer merely the author of Little Women, Alcott has taken her place as one of the foremost American authors of the nineteenth century.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Carolyn Davis Collection consists of more than 300 books by and about Louisa May Alcott. This collection has representative examples of almost all of Alcott's most popular works as well as a number of her lesser-known writings. Among these titles are her first book Flower Fables (1854), early to modern printings of Little Women, and a number of other works such as Little Men, Jo's Boys, and Under the Lilacs. The collection also encompasses some biographies of Alcott, books about Concord, Massachusetts, magazine articles, newspaper articles, and ephemera.
Custodial History and Acquisition Information
Carolyn Davis began collecting Louis May Alcott books in the early 1980s after finding a first edition at a town fair in New Hampshire. In the ensuing years she continued to acquire books, visiting bookshops all over the east coast in her quest for the works of Alcott and her family. When Mrs. Davis decided to move to California in 1999, she found a new home for her collection in the University's Rare Books Collection where the books are available for others to enjoy the writings of Louisa May Alcott.
Processing Information
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Processed by the Marylandia, Rare Books and National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection Department, University of Maryland Libraries.
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EAD markup created using EAD database in Microsoft Access. Markup reviewed by Jennie A. Levine Knies using Oxygen, November 2010
Arrangement of Collection
Organized as two series:
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Books, 1863-1998 and undated (301 items)
The Carolyn Davis Collection documents the publishing history of one of the most popular books in American literature, Little Women, represented in the collection by 46 different editions. First published in 1868 by Roberts Brothers of Boston, the early editions of Little Women were characterized by rather restrained cloth bindings and simple drawings by the author's sister. An initial press run of 30,000 copies of the two-volume set sold within 14 months of publication and it is estimated that by 1929 more than 3 million copies had been sold. By the late 19th century, the lasting appeal of Little Women found outlets in new, more lavishly illustrated editions and in less expensive, mass-produced copies designed for a larger audience. 20th century editions of the book made use of innovations in book publishing such as illustrated book jackets, color illustrations, cheap mass-market paperback formats, and deluxe book club editions. The collection has examples of all of these, as well as foreign translations that demonstrate the universal attraction of Alcott's classic.
Louisa May Alcott's other works were never quite as consistent best sellers as Little Women , but the Carolyn Davis Collection shows evidence of sustained public demand for the author's less known titles. Many of these, such as Little Men, went through numerous editions and remain in print.
Students of publishing history will find the Carolyn Davis Collection of Louisa May Alcott to be a rich source demonstrating changing tastes and marketing strategies for a single title. Although always considered a children's book, Little Women evolved from being presented as a rather serious, morally uplifting story to a more entertaining and nostalgic tale enjoyed by the young and young at heart. Often the way a text is packaged and received is as important as the text itself in determining how each generation of readers reacts to a book. The Carolyn Davis Collection documents both the enduring popularity and subtle evolution of an American classic.
Subseries 1.1: Books by Louisa May Alcott, 1863-1998 and undated (168 items)
Arrangement is alphabetical by title.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | Item | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books by Louisa May Alcott | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | ||
| A Christmas Dream. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece and plates, 1901 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 1 | |
| A Garland for Girls. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk frontispiece and plates, 1888 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 2 | |
| A Garland for Girls. New York: Grossett and Dunlap, 1908 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 3 | |
| A Long Fatal Love Chase. New York: Random House. Illustrator: unk, 1995 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 4 | |
| A Modern Cinderella or the Little Old Shoe. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company. Illustrator: Lukens, Winfield S., 1904 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 5 | |
| A Modern Mephistopheles. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1877 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 6 | |
| A Round Dozen. New York: Viking Press. Illustrator: Tudor,Tasha, 1963 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 7 | |
| An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving. Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott. Illustrator: Johnson, Holly, 1974 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 8 | |
| An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving. New York: Holiday House. Illustrator: Mc Curdy, Micheal, 1989 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 9 | |
| An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving. New York: Penguin Books, 1995 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 10 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1929 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 11 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag. New York: Grossett and Dunlap, 1929 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 12 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1883 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 13 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: Cupid and Chow Chow, Etc.. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1889 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 14 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1883 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 15 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: My Boys, Etc.. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1872 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 16 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: My Boys, Etc.. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1884 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 17 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: My Boys, Etc.. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1884 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 18 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: My Girls Etc.. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1884 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 19 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: My Girls, Etc.. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1878 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 20 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: Shawl Straps. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1873 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 21 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: Shawl Straps. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1883 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 22 | |
| Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag: Shawl Straps. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1872 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 23 | |
| Christmas with Little Women. Nashville, TN: Ideals Publishing. Illustrator: Flint, Russ, 1986 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 24 | |
| Comic Tragedies by Jo and Meg and Acted by the Little Women. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece and plates, 1900 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 25 | |
| Eight Cousins, or the Aunt Hill. New York: Grossett and Dunlap, 1927 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 26 | |
| Eight Cousins, or The Aunt Hill. Dell Publishing. Illustrator: unk, 1986 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 27 | |
| Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1875 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 28 | |
| Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk frontispiece (half gone), 1878 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 29 | |
| Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk frontispiece, 1894 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 30 | |
| Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1926 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 31 | |
| Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: unknown, illustrated dustcover and endpapers, 1927 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 32 | |
| Flower Fables. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus. Illustrator: unknown, 34 illus., 1898 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 33 | |
| Flower Fables. New York: Okey-Doke Publishing. Illustrator: Leah Palmer Preiss, 1998 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 34 | |
| Flower Fables. New York: F.M. Lupton. Illustrator: unknown, cover illus., undated | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 35 | |
| Flower Fables. New York: H.M. Caldwell, undated 1854? | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 36 | |
| Good Wives. London: Octopus Books Limited. Illustrator: Rutherford, Alexa, 1981 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 37 | |
| Good Wives. London: Blackie & Sons, Ltd. & Son, Ltd., undated | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 38 | |
| Good Wives. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, undated | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 39 | |
| Good Wives. London: Rylee Limited. Illustrator: unk, undated | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 40 | |
| Horn of Plenty of Home Poems and Pictures. Boston: William F. Gill & Company. Illustrator: unk. Frontispiece, plates and line drawings, 1876 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 41 | |
| Hospital Sketches. Boston: James Redpath. Illustrator: Andrew, John, 1863 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 42 | |
| Hospital Sketches. Cambridge MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1960 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 43 | |
| Hospital Sketches and Camp and Fireside Stories. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1869 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 44 | |
| Hospital Sketches and Camp and Fireside Stories. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, plates and frontispiece, 1869 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 45 | |
| Hospital Sketches and Camp and Fireside Stories. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1885 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 46 | |
| Jack and Jill. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece and plates, 1884 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 47 | |
| Jack and Jill: A Village Story. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece and plates, 1880 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 48 | |
| Jack and Jill: A Village Story. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece and plates, 1892 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 49 | |
| Jack and Jill: A Village Story. Garden City NJ: Nelson Doubleday Inc.. Illustrator: Ruth Ives, frontispiece and drawings, 1956 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 50 | |
| Jo's Boys. London: Bancroft and Company. Illustrator: unk, 1968 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 51 | |
| Jo's Boys. Boston: Puffin Books, 1983 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 52 | |
| Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1886 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 53 | |
| Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1914 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 54 | |
| Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out. New York: Grossett and Dunlap, 1925 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 55 | |
| Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1925 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 56 | |
| Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out. New York: Grossett and Dunlap. Illustrator: Jambor, Louis, 1949 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 57 | |
| Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out. Studley Press Ltd | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 58 | |
| Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out. London: Blackie & Sons, Ltd., undated | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 59 | |
| Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out. Boston: Roberts Brothers, undated 1891? | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 60 | |
| Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out. A Sequel to Little Men. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1886 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 61 | |
| Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out. A Sequel to Little Men. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk frontispiece, 1891 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 62 | |
| Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories. New York: Grossett and Dunlap, 1908 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 63 | |
| Little Men. London: Blackie & Sons, Ltd.. Illustrator: unknown, dust cover illus., undated | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 64 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 65 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, 4 plates and frontispiece, 1871 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 66 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: Birch, Reginald, frontispiece and plates, 1901 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 67 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1913 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 68 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. New York: A.L. Burt Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1913 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 69 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Boston: Little Brown and Company. Illustrator: Birch, Reginald B., plates, 1920 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 70 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: unknown, plates, 1922 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 71 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing, Inc.. Illustrator: Harve Stein, plates, 1933 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 72 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. New York: Grosset and Dunlap. Illustrator: Douglas W. Gorsline, plates, 1947 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 73 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. London: M. Dent and Sons, Ltd. Illustrator: Harry Toothhill, plates and drawings, 1967 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 74 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. London: Puffin Books, 1983 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 75 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. New York City: The World Publishing Co., undated | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 76 | |
| Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys. . Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, undated 1922? | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 77 | |
| Little Wives. London: Frederick Warne and Company, undated 1894? | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 78 | |
| Little Women [Unge Kvinder]. Kobenhavn: Vilhelm Priors Forlag. Illustrator: Wormer, J.E., 1909 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 79 | |
| Little Women and Good Wives. London: Collins. Illustrator: Dorothy Colles, frontispiece and drawings, 1954 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 80 | |
| Little Women and Good Wives by Miss Alcott. London: Ward, Lock & Company, Ltd.. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece and plates, undated 1898? | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 81 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: May Alcott, 1869 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 82 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1869 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 83 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispieceHammatt Billings (?), 1879 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 84 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: Frank T. Merrill, 1888 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 85 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: Frank T. Merrill, 1892 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 86 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: F.T. Merrill and E.D. Garrett, 1896 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 87 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: F.T. Merrill and E.D. Garrett, 1896 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 88 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1899 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 89 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Illustrator: Alice Barger Stephens, 1915 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 90 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: Alice Barger Stephens, frontispiece and plates, 1916 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 91 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: Jesse Wilcox Smith, plates and frontispiece, 1923 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 92 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1924 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 93 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Philidelphia, PA: John C. Winston Company. Illustrator: Clara M. Burd, frontispiece and endpapers, 1926 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 94 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company. Illustrator: unknown, illustrations of Katherine Hepburn Movie, 1934 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 95 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Garden City, NY: Childrens Classics. Illustrator: Reisie Lonette, frontispiece, 1950 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 96 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Garden City, NY: Literary Guild. Illustrator: Reisie Lonette, plates, 1950 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 97 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company. Illustrator: Sari, 1951 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 98 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company. Illustrator: Jill Elgin, 1955 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 99 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, Ltd.. Illustrator: S. Van Abbe, 8 plates and 8 drawings, 1961 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 100 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. New York: Golden Press. Illustrator: Julian Paul, 1963 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 101 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. New York: The Heritage Press. Illustrator: Henry C. Pitz, 1967 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 102 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Limited Editions. Illustrator: Henry C. Pitz, 1967 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 103 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Collins. Illustrator: Tasha Tudor, 1969 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 104 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company. Illustrator: Arvis Stewart, 1970 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 105 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Illustrator: Louis Jambor, 1974 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 106 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. New York: Playmore Inc. Illustrator: Pablo Marcos, 1977 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 107 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. England: Puffin Books. Illustrator: Shirley Hughes, 1979 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 108 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Mint. Illustrator: Ben Stahl, 1982 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 109 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Illustrator: Louis Jambor, 1982 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 110 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. New York: The Modern Library, 1983 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 111 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Pleasantville, NY: Readers Digest Asssociation, Inc.. Illustrator: Louis Jambor, 1985 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 112 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. New York: Exeter Books. Illustrator: David Hopkins, 1986 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 113 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. England: Puffin Books. Illustrator: Shirley Hughes, 1986 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 114 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Childrens Classics. Illustrator: Jessie Wilcox Smith, drawings by Frank T. Merrill, 1987 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 115 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. New York: Choice Publishing, Ine.. Illustrator: Mark English, 1989 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 116 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Masterworks. Illustrator: Lauter, Richard, 1995 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 117 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. The World Syndicate Publishing Company, undated | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 118 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. New York: Books Inc. Illustrator: unknown, dustjacket, photo of actresses in movie, undated 1933/34 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 119 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. A.L. Burt, undated 1933? | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 120 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. London: Hutchinson & Co. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, n.p. | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 121 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (part 1). Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: May Alcott, 1869 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 122 | |
| Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (part 2). Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk, 1869 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 123 | |
| Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men. London: Octopus Books Limited. Illustrator: unknown, jacket, endpapers, drawings, 1978 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 124 | |
| Lulu's Library. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk., 1889 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 125 | |
| Lulu's Library. New York: Grossett and Dunlap. Illustrator: unk, 1930 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 126 | |
| Marjorie's Three Gifts. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1899 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 127 | |
| Moods. Boston: Loring, 1865 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 128 | |
| Moods. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 129 | |
| Old Fashioned Girl. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1870 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 130 | |
| Old Fashioned Girl. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1870 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 131 | |
| Old Fashioned Girl. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1892 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 132 | |
| Old Fashioned Girl. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiecd, 1905 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 133 | |
| Old Fashioned Girl. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece, 1907 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 134 | |
| Old Fashioned Girl. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1922 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 135 | |
| Old Fashioned Girl. Saalfield Publishing Company. Illustrator: Frances Brundage, 1928 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 136 | |
| Old Fashioned Girl. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 137 | |
| Pansies and Water Lilies. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece and plates, 1902 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 138 | |
| Poems 1872-1888. Concord MA: Orchard House, 1984 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 139 | |
| Poppies and Wheat. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece and plates, 1900 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 140 | |
| Proverb Stories. Boston: Loring. Illustrator: Hoppin, Augustus, 1868 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 141 | |
| Proverb Stories. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 142 | |
| Proverb Stories. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 143 | |
| Rose in Bloom. New York: Books Inc.. Illustrator: Robert A. Graef, 1945 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 144 | |
| Rose in Bloom. A Sequel to Eight Cousins. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk., 1876 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 145 | |
| Rose in Bloom. A Sequel to Eight Cousins. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk., 1883 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 146 | |
| Rose in Bloom. A Sequel to Eight Cousins. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Illustrator: unk. Frontispiece & plates, 1900 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 147 | |
| Rose in Bloom. A Sequel to Eight Cousins. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk., 1884 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 148 | |
| Silver Pitchers and Independence: A Centennial Love Story. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Illustrator: J.W.F. Kennedy, frontispiece and plates, 1908 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 149 | |
| Silver Pitchers and Independence: A Centennial Love Story. New York: Grossett and Dunlap. Illustrator: unk. Frontispiece, 1908 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 150 | |
| Silver Pitchers: and Independence, a Centennial Love Story. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 151 | |
| Silver Pitchers: and Independence: A Centennial Love Story. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 152 | |
| Spinning Wheel Stories. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk, 1885 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 153 | |
| The Doll's Journey: From Minnesota to Maine. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: unk, 1902 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 154 | |
| The Frost King or The Power of Love. n. pl.: n. pulbl. Illustrator: Frobisher, Marie Shubert, undated | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 155 | |
| The Inheritance. New York: Dutton Books. Illustrator: unk., 1997 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 156 | |
| The Louisa Alcott Story Book. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1923 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 157 | |
| Transcendental Wild Oats & Excerpts from the Fruitlands Diary. Boston: Harvard Common Press. Illustrator: J. Streeter Fowke, 1975 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 158 | |
| Trudel's Siege. New York: McGraw Hill Book Company. Illustrator: Stan Skardinski, 1976 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 159 | |
| Under the Lilacs. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1878 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 160 | |
| Under the Lilacs. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk plates, 1878 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 161 | |
| Under the Lilacs. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk. frontispiece and plates, 1892 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 162 | |
| Under the Lilacs. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unk. frontispiece and plates, 1892 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 163 | |
| Under the Lilacs. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: unk. frontispiece, 1927 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 164 | |
| Under the Lilacs. New York: Grossett and Dunlap. Illustrator: unk. Frontispiece, 1928 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 165 | |
| Under the Lilacs. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company. Illustrator: unk. Frontispice, undated | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 166 | |
| Work: A Story of Experience. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: Sol Eytinge, 1873 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 167 | |
| Work: A Story of Experience. New York: Schocken Books, 1977 | series 1.1 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 168 | |
Subseries 1.2: Books by Other Authors, 1865-1997 and undated (133 items)
Arrangement is alphabetical by author.
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | Item | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books by Other Authors | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | ||
| A Visitors Guide to Historic Concord 1983 Concord Antiquarian Museum. Illustrator: photos, 1983 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 1 | |
| Alcott Family Silhouettes Dover. Illustrator: | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 2 | |
| New England Galaxy. Sturbridge MA: Friends of Old Sturbridge Village, Winter 1972 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 3 | |
| Portfolio: A Journal for Friends of the Alcotts. Concord, MA: Orchard House, Louisa May Alcott Memorial Assn., Spring 1991 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 4 | |
| The New England Galaxy. Sturbridge MA: Friends of Old Sturbridge Village, Fall 1973 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 5 | |
| The New England Galaxy. Sturbridge MA: Friends of Old Sturbridge Village, Summer 1973 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 6 | |
| Abbott, Willis J.. . Notable Women in History. Philadelphia: The John .C. Winston Co.. Illustrator: unk, 1913 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 7 | |
| Ahlers, Lena C. Daughters Known to Fame. Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co.. Illustrator: Estelle Franz, 1935 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 8 | |
| Alcott, Bronson. Tablets. Boston: Roberts Brothers. Illustrator: unknown, double frontispiece, 1868 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 9 | |
| Allen, Francis. Men of Concord . Illustrator: N.C. Wyeth, 1936 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 10 | |
| Anderson, Gretchen. The Louisa May Alcott Cookbook. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Illustrator: Karen Milone, 1985 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 11 | |
| Anderson, William. The World of Louisa May Alcott. New York: Harper Collins, 1995 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 12 | |
| Anthony, Katherine. Louisa May Alcott. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 13 | |
| Bartlett, George. Concord-Historic, Literary and Picturesque. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1885 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 14 | |
| Becker, Mary Lamberton. Golden Tales of New England. New York: Bonanza Books. Illustrator: Lois Lenski, 1995 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 15 | |
| Bedell, Madelon. The Alcotts: Biography of a Family. New York: C.N. Potters Inc., 1980 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 16 | |
| Beilenson, Evelyn L. and Lois L. Kaufman. Louisa May Alcott's Little Instruction Book Peter Pauper Press, 1995 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 17 | |
| Bhavnani, Brenda K. American Transcendentalism. Concord MA: Orchard House, 1976 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 18 | |
| Bonstelle, Jessie and Marian Deforest. Little Women: Letters from the House of Alcott. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1914 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 19 | |
| Booss, Claire (editor). Works of Louisa May Alcott. New York: Avenel Books, 1982 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 20 | |
| Bradford, Charles. The Battle Road The Nimrod Press, 1975 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 21 | |
| Brox, Andrea. Yankee Magazines Christmas in New England Yankee Publishing Incorporated. Illustrator: Mindell, Doug, photos of Orchard House, 1994 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 23 | |
| Burke, Kathleen. Louisa May Alcott. New York: Chelsea House, 1988 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 24 | |
| Burton, Katherine. Paradise Planters Brook Farm, 1939 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 25 | |
| Cheney, Ednah. Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters & Journals. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1889 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 26 | |
| Cheney, Ednah. Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters & Journals. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1889 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 27 | |
| Cheney, Ednah. Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters & Journals. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 28 | |
| Cheney, Ednah. Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters & Journals. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1928 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 29 | |
| Cheney, Ednah. Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters & Journals. New York: Chelsea House, 1980 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 30 | |
| Cheney, Ednah. Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters & Journals. New York: Gramercy Books, 1995 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 31 | |
| Cheney, Ednah. Louisa May Alcott: The Children's Friend. Boston: L. Prang & Company. Illustrator: Lizabeth B. Comins, 1888 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 32 | |
| Cheney, Ednah D. The Story of the Alcotts, 1936 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 33 | |
| Cheney, Ednah D. The Story of the Alcotts, 1971 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 34 | |
| Collins, Carolyn S. and Christina W. Erickkson. The Little Women Treasury The Viking Press, 1996 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 35 | |
| Concord Writers. The Story of Concord, 1905 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 36 | |
| De Forest, Marian. Little Women: A Comedy in Four Acts Samuel French, Inc., 1949? | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 37 | |
| Delamar, Gloria T. Louisa May Alcott and Little Women. London: McFarland & Co., 1990 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 38 | |
| Dodge, Mary Mapes (editor). St Nicholas Vol. VII part 1 n.p., 1880 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 39 | |
| Dodge, Mary Mapes (editor). St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. New York: The Century Company, 1887 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 40 | |
| Dodge, Mary Mapes (editor). St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. New York: The Century Company, 1903 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 41 | |
| Dodge, Mary Mapes (editor). St. Nicholas: Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys Scribner & Company, 1878 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 42 | |
| Drake, Samuel. Old Landmarks and Historic Fields of Middlesex. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1876 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 43 | |
| Drapper, Julie. The Alcotts and Orchard House. Concord MA: Orchard House, 1993 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 44 | |
| Elbert, Sarah. A Hunger for Home: Louisa May Alcott's Place in American Culture. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1987 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 45 | |
| Fisher, Aileen and Olive Rabe. We Alcotts-Seen Through the Eyes of "Marmee". New York: Atheneum. Illustrator: Ellen Raskin, 1969 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 46 | |
| French, Allen. Historic Concord, 1942 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 47 | |
| Garrelick, Renee. Concord in the Days of Straw and Streetcars, 1985 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 48 | |
| Gilbert, Ariadne. More Than Conquerors. New York: The Century Company, 1917 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 49 | |
| Greene, Carol. Louisa May Alcott: Author, Nurse, Suffragette. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1984 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 50 | |
| Hall, Louise Tharp. The Peabody Sisters of Salem. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 51 | |
| Halloway, Laura C. The Womans Story as Told by 20 American Women John B. Alden Publishing, 1889 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 52 | |
| Hanaford, Phebie A. Daughters of America or Women of the Century. Augusta ME: True & Co., 1882 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 53 | |
| Handler, Mimi. Early American Life . Illustrator: Bohl, David photos, Oct 1988 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 54 | |
| Haviland, Virginia. Yankee Doodle's Literary Samples of ??. New York: T. Crowell Co., 1974 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 55 | |
| Howard, Alice B. Mary Mapes Dodge of St. Nicholas. New York: Jr. Literary Guild. Illustrator: Malverne, Corinne, 1943 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 56 | |
| Howard, Joan. The Story of Louisa May Alcott. New York: Grossett and Dunlap, 1955 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 57 | |
| Howe, M.A. Who Lived Here?, 1952 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 58 | |
| Johnston, Norma. Louisa May: World and Works of Louisa May Alcott. New York: Four Winds Press, 1991 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 59 | |
| Lothrop, Margaret. The Wayside: Home of Authors, 1940 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 60 | |
| Lothrop, Margaret. The Wayside: Home of Authors, 1983 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 61 | |
| M'Alpine, Frank. Our Album of Authors. Philadelphia: Elliott & Beezley, 1887 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 62 | |
| May, Samuel J. Memoir, 1874 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 63 | |
| May, Samuel Joseph. Memoir of Samuel Joseph May. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1873 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 64 | |
| McGill, Marci Ridlon. Louisa May Alcott: Determined Writer. New York: Dell Publishing Co.. Illustrator: Darci May, 1988 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 65 | |
| Meigs, Cornelia. Glimpses of Louisa: A Centennial Sampler. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1968 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 66 | |
| Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1933 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 67 | |
| Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa. New York: Scholastic Books, 1933 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 68 | |
| Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1936 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 69 | |
| Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 70 | |
| Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 71 | |
| Meigs, Cornelia. Invincible Louisa. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1968 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 72 | |
| Mitchell, Donald. American Lands and Letters, 1899 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 73 | |
| Moore, Alex W., Jr. Concord Authors. Concord MA: Anaxagoras Press, 1992 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 74 | |
| Morgan, James. Daily Jaunts Through New England. Boston: The Boston Globe, 1965 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 75 | |
| Morrow, Honore Willsie. The Father of Little Women. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1927 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 76 | |
| Morrow, Honore Willsie. The Father of Little Women. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1927 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 77 | |
| Moses, Belle. Louisa May Alcott: Dreamer and Worker. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1911 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 78 | |
| Myerson, Joel and Daniel Shealy. Louisa May Alcott-Selected Fiction. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1990 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 79 | |
| Myerson, Joel and Daniel Shealy. The Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 80 | |
| Myerson, Shealy & Stern. The Journals of Louisa May Alcott. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1989 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 81 | |
| Nason, Janet. Louisa May Alcott's Little Women Paper Dolls. Pleasant Hill, CA: The Evergreen Press, 1988 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 82 | |
| Orchard House Staff. American Transcendentalism: A Brief Overview. Concord MA: Orchard House, 1994 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 83 | |
| Papashvily, Helen Waite. Louisa May Alcott. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Illustrator: Bea Holmes, 1965 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 84 | |
| Payne, Alma J. Louisa May Alcott: A Reference Guide. Boston: GK Hall & Co., 1980 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 85 | |
| Peare, Catherine Owens. Louisa May Alcott: Her Life. New York: Henry Holt & Co.. Illustrator: Margaret Ayer, 1954 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 86 | |
| Pearson, George. Something to Remember about Concord, 1953 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 87 | |
| Penner, Lucille R. The Little Women Book Randon House, 1995 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 88 | |
| Powers, Maria (compiler). The Poetry of Louisa May Alcott. Concord MA: Orchard House, 1997 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 89 | |
| Ronda, Bruce A. (editor). Letters of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody. Middleton CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1984 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 90 | |
| Ryan, Cary (editor). Louisa May Alcott: Her Girlhood Diary. Mexico: Bridgewater Books, 1993 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 91 | |
| Salyor, Sandford Meddick. Marmee: The Mother of Little Women. Norman OK: The University of Oklahoma Press, 1949 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 92 | |
| Sanborn, F.B. & William T. Harris. A. Bronson Alcott, His Life and Philosophy. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1893 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 93 | |
| Sanford, F. B. A. Bronson Alcott His Life and Philosophy, 1893 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 94 | |
| Sanford, F.B. Bronson Alcott at Alcott House England and Fruitlands New England (1842-1844). Cedar Rapids IA: Torch Press. Illustrator: unknown, frontispiece plates, 1908 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 95 | |
| Sanford, F.B. Recollections of Seventy Years. Boston: The Gorham Press, 1909 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 96 | |
| Saxton, Martha. Louisa May: A Modern Biography of Louisa may Alcott. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 97 | |
| Saxton, Martha. Louisa May: A Modern Biography of Louisa May Alcott. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 98 | |
| Scudder, Townsend. Concord: American Town, 1947 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 99 | |
| Sears, Clara Endicott. Bronson Alcott's Fruitlands. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrator: unk plates, frontispiece, 1924 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 100 | |
| Sears, Clara Endicott. Catalogue of "Fruitlands", 1918 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 101 | |
| Sears, Clara Endicott. Catalogue of "Fruitlands", 1918 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 102 | |
| Sears, Clara Endicott. Three Unpublished Poems by Louisa May Alcott Thomas Todd & Co. Printers, 1919 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 103 | |
| Shepperd, Odell. Pedlar's Progress. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 104 | |
| Shepperd, Odell. Pedlar's Progress. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 105 | |
| Sherlock, Chesla. Homes of Famous Americans, 1926 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 106 | |
| Showalter, Elaine. Alternative Alcott. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1989 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 107 | |
| Sidney, Margaret. Old Concord, Her Highways and Byways, 1892 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 108 | |
| Smith, Nora Archibald. Boys and Girls of Bookland. New York: Derrydale Books. Illustrator: Jessie Wilcox Smith, 1988 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 109 | |
| Stearns, Frank. Sketches from Concord and Appledore, 1895 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 110 | |
| Stern, Madeleine. A Double Life, 1988 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 111 | |
| Stern, Madeleine. Louisa May Alcott. Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1950 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 112 | |
| Stern, Madeleine. Louisa May Alcott. Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 113 | |
| Stern, Madeleine. Louisa May Alcott Behind a Mask: Her Unknown Thrillers. New York: Quill-William Morrow, 1984 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 114 | |
| Stern, Madeleine. Louisa May Alcott Behind a Mask: Her Unknown Thrillers. London: Hogarth Press, 1985 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 115 | |
| Stern, Madeleine. Plots and Counterplots: More Unknown Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott. New York: William Morrow Company | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 116 | |
| Stern, Madeleine. The Hidden Louisa May Alcott: A Collection of Her Unknown Thrillers. New York: Avenel Books, 1984 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 117 | |
| Stern, Madeleine & Daniel Shealy. The Lost Stories of Louisa May Alcott. New York: Citadel Press, 1995 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 118 | |
| Stern, Madeleine, Daniel Shealy and Joel Myerson. A Double Life: Newly Discovered Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1988 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 119 | |
| Sweetser, Kate Dickenson. Ten American Girls from History. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1917 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 120 | |
| Swift, Lindsay. Brook Farm. New York: Corinth Books, 1961 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 121 | |
| Ticknor, Caroline. May Alcott: A Memoir. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1928 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 122 | |
| Trowbridge, J.T., et.al. Our Young Folks: An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 123 | |
| Ullom, Judith C. Louisa May Alcott: A Centennial for Little Women. Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1969 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 124 | |
| Vaughn, Paula. Little Women Needlepoint Pattern. Little Rock, AK: Leisure Arts | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 125 | |
| Wagoner, Jean Brown. Louisa Alcott: Girl of Old Boston. New York: Bobbs-Merrill. Illustrator: Sandra James, 1943 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 126 | |
| Weyn, Suzanne. The Little Women Keepsake Diary Scholastic Inc., 1988 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 127 | |
| Whiting, Lilian. Boston Days, 1911 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 128 | |
| Winslow, Helen. Literary of Boston Today, 1902 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 129 | |
| Worthington, Majorie. Miss Alcott of Concord: A Biography. Garden City NJ: Doubleday & Co., 1958 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 130 | |
| Yoder, Carolyn P. Cobblestone: The History Magazine for Young People. Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., 1987 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 131 | |
| Yoder, Carolyn P. Cobblestone: The History Magazine For Young People. Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., 1988 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 132 | |
| Zinsser, William. National Geographic Traveler National Geographic Society. Illustrator: Mooney, Gail photos, Mar-Apr 1992 | series 1.2 | box 1 | folder 1 | item 133 | |
Series 2: Louisa May Alcott Ephemera, 1918-1997 and undated (10 folders)
| Description | Series | Box / Reel | Folder / Frame | Item | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book Receipts, 1893-1998 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 1 | ||
| Donor's Collection Inventory | series 2 | box 1 | folder 2 | ||
| Orchard House Newsletter "Newsnotes", Summer 1987-Spring 1999 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 3 | ||
| Articles | series 2 | box 1 | folder 4 | ||
| Alcott, Louisa May. Transcendental Wild Oats and excerpts from the Fruitlands Diary. Harvard, MA: The Harvard Common Press, 1975 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 4 | item 1 | |
| Bhavnani, Brenda K (Ed.), American Transcendentalism. n.p.: Albert T. Finn, 1976 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 4 | item 2 | |
| Bhavnani, Brenda K (Ed.). Poems by Louisa May Alcott. n.p.: n.p., 1984 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 4 | item 3 | |
| Bradford, Charles H. The Battle Road Expedition to Lexington and Concord. Boston: Rotary Club of Boston, 1975 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 4 | item 4 | |
| Articles | series 2 | box 1 | folder 5 | ||
| Cheney, Ednah D. The Story of the Alcotts. n.p.: n.p, 1936 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 5 | item 1 | |
| Cheney, Ednah D. The Story of the Alcotts. n.p.: n.p, 1971 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 5 | item 2 | |
| Concord Antiquarian Museum. A Visitor's Guide to Historic Concord. Concord, MA: Concord Antiquarian Museum, undated | series 2 | box 1 | folder 5 | item 3 | |
| Dapper, Julie. The Alcotts and Orchard House. Concord, MA: The Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association, 1993 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 5 | item 4 | |
| De Forest, Marian. Little Women A Comedy in Four Acts. New York: Samuel French Inc., 1949 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 5 | item 5 | |
| Articles | series 2 | box 1 | folder 6 | ||
| French, Allen. Historic Concord a Handbook of its Story and its Memorials with the Story of the Lexington Fight. Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press, 1942 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 6 | item 1 | |
| Moore Jr., Alex W. Concord Authors. Concord, MA: Anaxagoras Publications, 1992 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 6 | item 2 | |
| Morgan, James. Daily Jaunts Through New England. Boston: The Globe Newspaper Company, 1965 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 6 | item 3 | |
| Pearson, George F. Something to Remember about Old Boston, Cambridge, Lexington, Concord and the Wayside Inn. Boston: George Pearson, 1953 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 6 | item 4 | |
| Articles | series 2 | box 1 | folder 7 | ||
| Powers, Maria (ed.). The Poetry of Louisa May Alcott. Concord, MA: The Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association, 1997 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 7 | item 1 | |
| Rivard, Catherine. American Transcendentalism A Brief Overview. Concord, MA: Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association with the Orchard House Museum, 1991 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 7 | item 2 | |
| Sears, Clara Endicott. Three Unpublished Poems by Louisa May Alcott. n.p.: Thomas Todd & Co., 1919 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 7 | item 3 | |
| Sears, Clara Endicott. Revised Catalogue of "Fruitlands". n.p.: n.p. (2 copies), 1918 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 7 | item 4 | |
| The New-England Galaxy, Winter 1972, Summer 1973, Fall 1973 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 8 | ||
| Portfolio A Journal for the Friends of the Alcotts -- (also includes: Little Women cross-stitch patterns and Alcott Family Profiles), Spring 1991 | series 2 | box 1 | folder 9 | ||
| Louisa May Alcott's Little Women Paper Dolls (Oversize Envelope) | series 2 | box 1 | folder 10 | ||
Related Material
Louisa May Alcott materials are found in many U.S. libraries. The major collection of correspondence and material is at Harvard's Houghton Library. Finding aids for the Alcott family papers at Harvard can be found on their website. The University of Virginia's Barrett Library also has Alcott family papers and manuscripts. Although a finding aid is not available on the library website AlcottWeb has recieved permission to publish a guide to this collection on their site. Other collections of Alcott materials exist at the Brigham Young University Library, the Concord Free Library, the Orchard House in Concord, MA, and the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, MA.
All of the books in this collection have been cataloged and are available in the Maryland Room, Hornbake Library. Specific information is available by searching the University of Maryland Libraries Online Catalog.
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Full text of Alcott's works
- Little Women. Available at the University of Virginia.
- Louisa May Alcott eBooks. A number of Alcott's works are available in their entirety at the Project Gutenberg website.
- Collection of Alcott's works . This website has approximately twenty-six of Alcott's works available.
- "The brothers" Short story from the November 1863 edition of the Atlantic Monthly.
- "Love and Self-love". Short story from the March 1860 issue of the Atlantic Monthly.
- "Debby's Debut" . Short story from the August 1863 issue of the Atlantic Monthly.
- "A Modern Cinderella: or, The Little Old Shoe" . Short story from the October 1860 issue of the Atlantic Monthly.
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Louisa May Alcott Websites
- Louisa May Alcott. Biography of Louisa May Alcott available at the University of Virginia.
- Louisa May Alcott Collection at Bringham Young University. This provides an overview of the highlights of the Louisa May Alcott Collection at the Harold B. Lee Library, Bringham Young University.
- Perspectives in American Literature. This is reference guide put together by a professor at Gonzaga University. The site contains a selected bibliography of Alcott.
- Empirezine: Louisa May Alcott This website contains a biography of Alcott as well as a comprehensive bibliography.
For other related archival and manuscript collections, please see the following subject guides.
Selected Search Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the University of Maryland Libraries' Catalog. Researchers desiring related materials about these topics, names, or places may search the Catalog using these headings.
Subjects
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888